love at first sight;  being taken with someone at the first meeting
 very;  greatly;  much;  just about to;  almost;  very nearly
 if (it) doesn't exist;  if there is no ...;  if not ...;  unless ...;  have to ...;  must ...
 bang;  bam;  noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō);  noon gun;  last round in a game of 12 rounds;  precisely
 secret;  secrecy;  mystery;  secret (e.g. to success);  esoteric teachings
 to hold in one's arms;  to carry in one's arms;  to have (problems, debts, etc.);  to take on (a responsibility);  to employ;  to have (on one's staff)
 shopping;  purchased goods
 I'm off;  see you later;  to go (and then come back)
 after a long time;  for the first time in a while
 daughter;  girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
 rough;  wild;  violent;  immoderate;  extravagant;  reckless
 to receive;  to get;  to catch (e.g. a ball);  to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.);  to sustain (damage);  to incur (a loss);  to undergo (e.g. surgery)
 woman's heart;  female instincts or psychology
 study;  research;  investigation
 to guess;  to sense;  to presume;  to sympathize with;  to sympathise with
 to be helpful;  to be dependable;  to stand by (someone)
 even if;  no matter (what);  if;  though;  although;  supposing
 to be worried;  to be troubled
 question (e.g. on a test);  problem;  problem (e.g. societal, political);  question;  question (i.e. doubt);  public discussion
 fellow women;  between women;  among women;  woman-to-woman
 transformation;  abnormality;  sexual perversion;  pervert;  metamorphosis;  transformation
 thinly;  slightly;  vaguely;  a little
 not understanding;  not knowing
 desire;  wish;  request;  entreaty;  prayer;  (written) application
 love;  affection;  attachment;  craving;  agape;  Ireland
 university;  college;  former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators);  the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
 annual (plant);  first-year student
 living by oneself;  living alone
 to get used to;  to grow accustomed to;  to become skilled in;  to become experienced at;  to become tame;  to become domesticated
 homecoming;  returning home
 to be surprised;  to be amazed;  to be frightened;  surprise (e.g. surprise party)
 shooting star;  falling star;  meteor;  blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
 meteor swarm;  meteor shower
 to work too hard;  to try too hard;  to strain oneself;  to overdo it;  to go too far
 little girl;  maiden;  young lady; (arch.)  female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
 cartoon;  comic;  comic strip;  manga
 even a little;  any at all;  if only a little;  no matter how little
 appointment;  rendezvous;  date
 recommendation;  advice;  suggestion;  encouragement
 dying of cuteness;  dying from seeing something that makes one's heart go pitter-patter
 no;  that's wrong;  it's not like that;  isn't it?;  wasn't it?